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[bluebirdmuppet]

A post about how a shit stain waste of space @ajawrites @bookshop attacked fans of Gong Jun and Zhang Zhehan in an article she wrote for @vox, and then went on to slander and defame Zhang Zhehan in an attempt to get the only article published about his cancellation by CAPA retracted.

Here's the context: On June 6, 2022, @vox published an article written by @ajawrites @bookshop claiming that fans of Gong Jun and Zhang Zhehan are "conspiracy theorists". In it, she makes all types of claims defaming myself and the entire JunZhe fandom (both here and in China) for being conspiracy theorists because we do not believe Zhang Zhehan's Instagram account is controlled by him. For those who don't know, Instagram fraud is rampant and there have been several Chinese celebrities who have been the victim of this. Zhang Zhehan's solo fans encouraged the reposting of this article and defended it because they somehow believe that Zhang Zhehan would "comeback" on an international platform before his name is cleared in China (another story for another day).

On June 14, 2022, less than one week after the publication of that article, The China Story published an article about why Zhang Zhehan was cancelled, and specifically that a non-governmental organization called the China Association of Performing Arts (CAPA) was behind the cancellation, not the Chinese government. It also described the efforts made by Li Xuezheng, a famous government-affiliated director, to clear his name. To my knowledge, this is the only story in the world to shine a light on CAPA's role in Zhang Zhehan's cancellation.

After this article was published, @ajawrites @bookshop wrote a long email to the China Story on June 18, 2022 seeking that the article be retracted. She claimed she had done "research" which showed that the article was part of a conspiracy theory (false), that Zhang Zhehan's family was linked to Japan (false), that Zhang Zhehan was cancelled by the government (false), that CAPA wasn't involved (false), and that all those who believe they are are "conspiracy theorists" (false). She repeats anti talking points to smear Zhang Zhehan in an attempt to obtain a retraction of the article.

Yes, @ajawrites @bookshop attempted to get the only article in the world that described CAPA in a negative light retracted.

We have a copy of the email. Here are some excerpts of her own words.

Here's @ajawrites @bookshop insinuating that Zhang Zhehan was banned by the government, when it has been proven on multiple occasions that the government did not ban Zhang Zhehan.

A writer who cannot even get this fact right does not deserve to be called a writer or a thinking human being.

Here's @ajawrites @bookshop claiming that Zhang Zhehan has family ties to Japan, which is FALSE.

Zhang Zhehan himself stated in his interview with Li Xuezheng on January 1, 2022 (seven months before this email) that this was not true. Yet, @ajawrites @bookshop continued to spread this smear to the editors of The China Story.

How does someone who is too lazy to confirm facts become a "culture writer" for @vox?

Here's @ajawrites @bookshop claiming that their "research" shows that the public genuinely hated Zhang Zhehan. They claim that Zhang Zhehan was not cancelled by bad actors, but rather by the "public".

They ignore all the proof and statements that what happened was due to malicious competition and monopoly. All of this was readily available, had @ajawrites @bookshop actually done diligent research. Li Xuezheng had, after all, talked about it for weeks at the end of 2021 and early 2022.

But of course @ajawrites @bookshop knows better! They know better than even Chinese people! They even know that CAPA is a government organization, when CAPA itself said that it is not government and does not represent government.

Pretty rich for white journalist @ajawrites @bookshop to claim that when Li Xuezheng, a renowned government affiliated film director, says that Zhang Zhehan's cancellation was not done by the Chinese government but instead by CAPA, he is spouting a "conspiracy theory".

@vox is this the type of sinophobic journalists that your publication now employs?

Here's @ajawrites @bookshop defending CAPA by stating that it is not to blame for Zhang Zhehan's censorship from all media platforms in China.

Except they failed to read the multiple media reports indicating that CAPA had allied itself with multiple media platforms to ban those it deems "immoral". These media resources includes a western outlet, Reuters. Basic due diligence would have unearthed this, but it appears neither @ajawrites @bookshop or @vox care about the facts.

Here's @ajawrites @bookshop suggesting (as a white foreign writer with zero access to his case), that it is "unlikely" that Zhang Zhehan's investigation would go anywhere, that he can't come back, that he is "already back".

These are clear anti talking points easily found on Chinese social media.

Of particular note is that @ajawrites @bookshop claims that these conclusions are a result of their "research". Yes in their own words, in 2020 they were just learning Chinese. With their level of genius, I bet they're not far from being a beginner.

Yet, this is the type of "expert" that @vox employs to write about Chinese fan culture.

The article in China Story is one of the only published articles in the world that details how Zhang Zhehan was cancelled by CAPA, not the Chinese government. Yet @ajawrites @bookshop, great friend to Zhang Zhehan solo fans asked for a retraction.

Yes, we have the email. They actually did.

Who has incentive to take down an article that speaks negatively about CAPA? Who has incentive to water down statements negative to CAPA? Who has incentive to perpetuate smears against Zhang Zhehan internationally?

Who better to manipulate than a lazy and dumb writer like @ajawrites @bookshop

I do wonder how @vox and its advertisers feels about @ajawrites @bookshop spreading slander about a Chinese celebrity and his fandom? I wonder if @vox even bothers with basic fact-checking? I wonder if @vox is okay with one of its writers contacting another publication in an attempt to supports their biased views?

To the Zhang Zhehan fans (Zhang Sanjian believers) who have fawned at the feet of @ajawrites @bookshop: good to know that you support those who defend CAPA, the organization that cancelled Zhang Zhehan.

And one last thing to @ajawrites @bookshop: only a shit stain waste of space would write an article about a celebrity to gain a following in his fandom while actually despising him, believing the smears against him, and thinking he's a t******.

We call people like you blood sucking vampires.

[zzh3]

Sometimes your babygirl is a 32yo man....

[papanilla]

Zhou Zishu 💙🌌

[zhongwans]

You guys must have seen that article from Vox that was filled with misinformation about ZZH's case written by someone called Aja Romano.

The article was very hostile towards Junzhe CP fans, which is actually not that strange knowing how RPS fandoms are seen, but since Romano herself was part of RPS fandoms and even believes that Xiao Zhan and Wang Yibo are in a secret relatonship, you've got to wonder where all the hostility is coming from. It's also very interesting that she never once showed any interest in WOH ever since it aired, but then suddenly appears and writes a scathing article about Junzhe CP fans a full year later, even regurgitating anti talking points from weibo beat by beat. So when I first read it I suspected that it wasn't written by a passerby journalist, but rather by someone who was very familiar with the WOH fandom and specifically with Junzhe CP fans. Someone who was keeping an eye on the fandom's conversations. And also possibly, someone who has something against us or ZZH and GJ.

On June 2022, an article that was published on The China Story finally laid out the facts about ZZH's case: that he wasn't banned by the CN government, that CAPA wasn't a government entity and therefore had absolutely no right to issue a boycott, that ZZH was the victim of a vicious smear campain that must have taken millions to fund. After the horrible articles Aja Romano wrote for Vox, it was a welcome relief.

Well now some amazing people over on twitter found out that Aja Romano actually emailed the editors of The China Story, asking to retract the article. It's the ONLY article that contains the truth about his case, and has all the facts that Li Xuezheng himself stated. And she asked for it to be taken down.

She claimed that the article was filled with misinformation, even though the article was based only on facts that were verified during the time Li Xuezheng was active. Aja insisted that ZZH was banned by the government, even though that was debunked three times, twice by the NRTA and once by the MCT. Since when did a chronically online waste of space and human equivalent of watery diarrhea like Aja Romano have more say about ZZH's case than the literal Chinese government?

Like what you like, ship what you ship. Mind your own fucking business. There's no rule saying you must stuck your rancid dick in other fandoms just to enjoy your own.

Full post about Aja Romano's email here:

[skylar0808]

JunJun: *was about to have a scene so emotional that he had to vomit blood*

His lp: 🕺🕺🕺

[la-muerta]

Fate whispers to the warrior, "You can not withstand the storm." The warrior whispers back, "I am the storm."

Zhang Zhehan's concert in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 17 September 2023

[more photos at Ranyi Music]

[ashcatdesu]

Perfect ❤💙

[citrus1640]

Credit ©️ 火辣辣的小样儿_

[yukiko-moriarty]

ZZH IG Video Deepfake Detection

I started researching deepfake detection method after IG video published, an approach that can objectively examine a clip without any bias. After researching published deepfake detection papers, I started to build the code based on one of the published deepfake detection models. It took me 2 days to have the first result generated without fine-tuning. The result was published on Weibo and banned 6 hours after posting. Based on the feedback from other experts, I refined the model to have the second version published here, with a detailed explanation of the method.

I retrained the model with raw/uncompressed video, and increased the training samples. The final output reduced false negative rate, leading to a more accurate reading.

The algorithm classifies each frame of video along with confidence values. The green box with 90% value, means the model classified this frame as real with 90% confidence.  If the box shows red with 90% value, it means the model classified this frame as fake with 90% confidence.

I compared the IG video with zzh’s previous real-person interviews. The video showing my results are below and includes the ZZH IG video first and then two confirmed real interview clips with him. The confirmed real-person interviews were included to show what the model outputs when the video is real. After running the videos through the model, the results showed that where more facial expression was present, more fake frames were detected. 

The below chart shows the detection result with confidence value within a video. When the algorithm detects the frame as being “real”, there will be a positive confidence value.  When it detects the frame as being “fake”, there will be a negative confidence value.

This is the chart of the confidence values detected for the IG video. Note that the results fluctuate with high volatility between -100 to 100

This is the chart of the confidence values for the first confirmed real interview video used in the video clip. The results are between 90-92 with minor volatility

As comparison, I run the model through two known deep fake videos.  Result is shows in a separate post.

Explanation of the Model Used

The model used in this simulation is called “Xception”. The paper describing the model can be found here: https://arxiv.org/abs/1901.08971

The model was trained via Faceforensics++ data which is collected by the Visual Computing Group. I downloaded 800 raw videos (200 real + 600 fake) covering 3 state-of-art video manipulation techniques such as deepfakes, faceswap and face2face. 

Data are divided into training, testing, and cross-validation group. Then I took 101 face images from each video and pre-processed every image by applying a face tracker algorithm that detects face area pixels. Based on those classified videos, the AI model will learn how to distinguish between a manipulated video and a real video. It is similar to the process of a baby learning the difference between an apple and orange, the model will classify fake and real along with confidence values on each frame of the video.

At present, Deepfake and Deepfake detection technology is progressing simultaneously. A good model can detect a modified video made by a less trained/outdated deepfake model, but a better deepfake model can also fool a good trained detection model. No technology is perfect and it is possible for a very good modified video to escape detection given current Deepfake detection technology.

[bluebirdmuppet]

As some might know, we organized a birthday fundraiser in Zhang Zhehan's name for the Canadian Charity Educating Girls of Rural China (EGRC) this year. After a month of donating, I'm proud to report that this year, we raised $15,133 CAD (78,657 RMB) in Zhang Zhehan's name to this worthy charity!

This builds on our success in 2022, where we raised $10,224.98 CAD (52,904 RMB) in an impromptu fundraiser also on behalf of Zhang Zhehan to EGRC.

These are amazing results! Thank you to everyone who participated!

As a result of our gift this year, we sponsored 12 girls living in rural China to complete one year of EGRC's program which includes financial aid. emotional support, guidance, and coaching.

Since 2005, EGRC has sponsored over 2000 girls through its program. Their girls have a 99% graduation rate and 100% of their graduates have found jobs. These graduates contribute back to their families, helping to lift them out of poverty, and become mentors for other girls as well.

It is so lovely to see our small but strong community on Twitter contributing to this project.

Giving to charity and doing good is consistent with who Zhang Zhehan was as a person. On many occasions, he emphasized the importance of having love in one's heart and sharing that love. As a result of his words, his fans donated to many causes.

This is a video of Zhang Zhehan thanking his fans for their charity work at his 2019 birthday event. Listen to how he talks about the importance of living with love in our hearts.

This is the Real Zhang Zhehan, the person who CAPA sought to erase and whose character continues to be replaced by that copycat Zhang Sanjian. If only Zhang Sanjian had also preached love instead of toxic hatred and naked greed, so many more would have fallen for it.

[jeriafterdark]

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Zhang Zhehan in Alexander McQueen, Fall 2020 collection.

As Twitter implodes around us, he keeps on walking

[jzhisone1640]

⚪️⚫️

[zzh3]

The prettiest

[vic-es-blog]

Cuteness overload

[skylar0808]

Just GJ casually calling ZHH "Baobei".

Baobei means Baby and Babe in Chinese.

He said: Baby you have to say that line first.

[tenderlywicked]

Happy birthday to Zhang Zhehan! Many happy returns—and at least one Big Return, hopefully soon!